“By clearing the shelters, we make room for new pets to move into these non-kill shelters. So, every pet adopted actually saves two lives so it’s very important for the pets and it’s very important for the community.”

According to the Bissell Pet Foundation, over 2.7 million pets are euthanized yearly. So the “Empty the Shelters” helps drop that number and increase adoption rates across the state. The press release also says that 96.9% of the time, the newly adopted pets remained in their new forever home.